. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 08 ANABANTIDjE. ^ length of hc:ul. Anal IX-X 10-12. Soft d(}rsal and anal coverrd with scales and forming a nearly continuous outline with the short and likewise scaled caudal; no caudal peduncle whatever. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-28 |fj^; lateral lines ^^^^. Brownish with numerous irregular vertical darker bars or with round blackish spots, which may be so large as to be separated by a mere network of the lighter
. Catalogue of the fresh-water fishes of Africa in the British Museum. Freshwater fishes. 08 ANABANTIDjE. ^ length of hc:ul. Anal IX-X 10-12. Soft d(}rsal and anal coverrd with scales and forming a nearly continuous outline with the short and likewise scaled caudal; no caudal peduncle whatever. Pectoral | length of head. Ventral reaching origin of anal or a little beyond. Scales rugose and strongly ctenoid, 26-28 |fj^; lateral lines ^^^^. Brownish with numerous irregular vertical darker bars or with round blackish spots, which may be so large as to be separated by a mere network of the lighter ground-colour; a black ocellar spot, edged with yellow, on rig. -<-'.. .â *^^- AiKihas ocellatus. Koiulue. the root of the caudal ; soft dorsal and anal and caudal more or less distinctly edged with whitish. Total length 140 milliin. Congo.âTypes in Paris Museum. 1-2. A(l. & \\gr. 3-7,8-10, 11-1 ;5. Aa., hgr., & yg. 14, 15-lG. All. & yg. 17. Skel. 18. Ad. Stanley Pool. M. A. Gre^hoff (('.) ; Utredit University (I'L). Saukuru 1\. at. Ivoiiduc, M. E. Ltija (C); Luseinburj. Kasai. Museum (P.). Monsembc, Vyy. Congo. Rev. J. H. Weeks (P.). fcjlanlov Tails. M. Do Meuse {C).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Boulenger, George Albert, 1858-1937; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. Lond.
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